What's the State of Your Air?

Oklahoma

Ozone Particle Pollution
24-Hour Annual
F C Fail
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If you live in Oklahoma County, the air you breathe may put your health at risk.

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High Ozone Days
Grade F
Weighted Average 3.3
Orange Ozone Days 10
Red Ozone Days 0
Purple Ozone Days 0
What do these colors mean?
Particle Pollution - 24 Hour
Grade C
Weighted Average 1.7
Orange Particle Days 5
Red Particle Days 0
Purple Particle Days 0
Maroon Particle Days 0
What do these colors mean?
Particle Pollution - Annual
Grade Fail
Design Value 10.1

Populations At Risk
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Total Population: 802,559
Children Under 18: 200,456
Adults 65 & Over: 117,422
Pediatric Asthma: 19,641
Adult Asthma: 74,549
COPD: 46,914
Lung Cancer: 452
Cardiovascular Disease: 64,735
Pregnancy: 10,077
Poverty Estimate: 125,992
People of Color: 370,153

Did You Know?

  1. Particle pollution can cause early death and heart attacks, strokes and emergency room visits.
  2. The nation has the Clean Air Act to thank for decades of improvements in air quality. This landmark law has successfully driven pollution reduction for over 50 years.
  3. Millions of people are especially vulnerable to the effects of air pollution, including children, older adults and people with lung diseases such as asthma and COPD.
  4. Breathing in particle pollution can increase the risk of lung cancer.
  5. People who work or exercise outside face increased risk from the effects of air pollution.
  6. Ozone and particle pollution are both linked to increased risk of premature birth and lower birth weight in newborns.
  7. Climate change enhances conditions for ozone pollution to form and makes it harder clean up communities where ozone levels are high.
  8. People of color and people with lower incomes are disproportionately affected by air pollution that puts them at higher risk for illness.
  9. Air pollution is a serious health threat. It can trigger asthma attacks, harm lung development in children, and even be deadly.
  10. Recent updates to the Air Quality Index give the public more accurate information about the health risk from air pollution, and when to take measures to protect themselves on bad air days.
  11. Nearly four in ten people in the U.S. live where the air they breathe earned an F in "State of the Air" 2024.
  12. If you live or work near a busy highway, traffic pollution may put you at greater risk of health harm.
  13. Particles in air pollution can be smaller than 1/30th the diameter of a human hair. When you inhale them, they are small enough to get past the body's natural defenses.
  14. Climate change increases the risk of wildfires whose smoke spreads dangerous particle pollution.
  15. Policymakers at every level of government must take steps to clean the air their constituents breathe.
  16. You can protect yourself by checking the air quality forecast in your community and avoiding exercising or working outdoors when unhealthy air is expected.
  17. More than 131 million people live in counties that received an F for either ozone or particle pollution in "State of the Air" 2024.
  18. Breathing ozone irritates the lungs, resulting in inflammation—as if your lungs had a bad sunburn.
  19. Nearly 44 million people live in counties that got an F for all three air pollution measures in "State of the Air" 2024.
  20. Particle pollution exposure from wildfire smoke harms health in ways that range from mild irritation to serious illness and premature death.
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